MI Youth Violence Prevention Center

密歇根州青少年暴力预防中心(MI-YVPC)将专注于减少密歇根州弗林特地理区域内10-24岁青少年的暴力和受害。2008年，弗林特的凶杀率为28.2，是密歇根州和全国的5倍多。2007年，我们干预地区25岁以下受害者的暴力犯罪率为614.5/10,000；在对照地区为566.4，在整个城市为603.4。青年暴力预防方案的目标是：1)建立由杰纳西县卫生局与其他主要利益攸关方领导的预防青年暴力的可持续伙伴关系；2)使用双管齐下的准实验设计测试多层次青年暴力预防战略的有效性，该设计检查暴力预防战略对周边地区的辐射影响；3)减少10-24岁青少年的暴力和故意伤害，加强社会关系，并改善地理位置隐蔽的社区物业；4)为密歇根大学安娜堡分校和弗林特分校的MD住院医生、研究生和本科生制定预防青少年暴力的培训计划；以及5)向地方、州、国家和国际受众传播我们的成果。从社会生态和刑事司法两个角度出发，青年青年会将开展一系列干预措施，在青少年的家庭、社会网络和更大的社区的背景下解决他们的问题。我们将与当地卫生部门、卫生服务提供者、基层组织和执法部门合作，实施一项涵盖全民和高危人群的战略。我们的干预策略由六部分组成：1)青年赋权解决方案(YES)，动员青年和成年人参与社区变革项目；2)父子关系，在青少年和他们的父亲之间建立更紧密的联系；3)急诊部短暂干预，为有故意伤害或侵犯史的青少年提供咨询；4)辅导在家事法庭受审的青少年；5)Clean and Green，与邻里组织合作回收空置物业；以及6)社区治安培训和助教。我们将使用犯罪事件的空间分析、社区调查数据和医院伤害数据来评估这一策略的效果，并将干预社区与全市所有其他社区进行比较。我们还将把干预区域与具有相似特征的对照区域进行比较。我们将对组件计划进行过程评估，以确保其预期效果的实现，并对中心进行整体评估。

The Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Center (MI-YVPC) will focus on reducing violence and victimization among 10-24 year olds in a geographically defined area of Flint, Michigan. In 2008 the homicide rate in Flint was 28.2, over 5 times that of the rate for MI and the nation. The 2007 rate of all violent crime with victims under 25 in our intervention area was 614.5/10,000; it was 566.4 in the comparison tracts and 603.4 in the city as a whole The goals of MI-YVPC are to: 1) establish sustainable partnership for youth violence prevention, led by the Genesee County Health Department with other key stakeholders; 2) test the effectiveness of a multi- level youth violence prevention strategy using a two pronged quasi-experimental design which examines the radiating effects of a violence prevention strategy on surrounding areas; 3) reduce violence and intentional injury among 10-24 year olds, enhance social relationships, and improve neighborhood properties in a discreet geographic location; 4) develop a training program for youth violence prevention for MD residents, graduate and undergraduate students at the UM Ann Arbor and Flint campuses; and 5) disseminate our results to local, state, national, and international audiences. Drawing from both social-ecological and criminal justice approaches, MI-YVPC will carry out a constellation of interventions that address adolescents in the contexts of their families, social networks and the larger community. We will collaborate with the local health department, health service providers, grass roots organizations, and law enforcement to implement a strategy that encompasses both universal and high risk populations. Our intervention strategy consists of six components: 1) Youth Empowerment Solutions (YES) which engages youth and adults in carrying out community change projects; 2) Fathers and Sons, which builds stronger connections between young adolescents and their fathers; 3) Emergency Department Brief Intervention, which provides counseling to adolescents who present in the ED with an intentional injury or history of aggression; 4) Mentoring for adolescents adjudicated in family court; 5) Clean and Green, which partners with neighborhood organizations to reclaim vacant properties; and 6) Community policing training and TA. We will evaluate the effects of this strategy using spatial analysis of crime incidents, community survey data, and hospital injury data comparing the intervention neighborhood with all other neighborhoods across the city. We will also compare the intervention area to a comparison area with similar characteristics. We will conduct a process evaluation of the component programs to assure their intended effects are realized and an overall evaluation of the Center.